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Indonesia should convert logging concessions to protected areas
2013-09-05 05:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Reclassifying logging concessions as permanent forest estates and thereby barring them from conversion to industrial plantations would be an effective strategy for helping conserve Indonesia's fast-dwindling forests, argues a new study published in PLoS ONE. The study, which involved an international team of researchers led by David Gaveau of the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), analyzed forest loss in areas zoned for different uses in Indonesian Borneo. It found that deforestation...
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Throwing billions more at logging wrong
2013-08-29 14:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Missoulian: From one fifth-generation Montanan to another, Im calling U.S. Rep. Steve Daines recent column on forest issues misinformed parroting of Bush-era Healthy Forests Initiative propaganda, which was nothing but a smokescreen for more corporate logging. Sadly, Daines now follows Bushs path to less environmental analysis, less public review and more deforestation of our dwindling old growth forests. Ironically, Daines column was published at the same time as numerous articles about how wonderful...
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Certification body officially terminates ties with controversial logging company
2013-08-14 15:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) has formally ended its association with Indonesian logging giant Asia Pacific Resources International Limited (APRIL), reports the forest products certification body. The move, announced last week, came after APRIL said it would withdraw from the FSC due to the eco-labeling initiative's rules on recent forest conversion. "The decision by APRIL and companies associated with APRIL not to hold or seek FSC CoC/CW certification for the foreseeable future is based...
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Temperature Data Logging Sensors operate remotely via WiFi.
2013-08-07 14:31:07| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
Supplied with K-type probe, EL-WiFi-TC Series features measurement range of 32–752°F, accuracy of ±1.5°C, and display resolution of 0.1°C/F. Remote sensors can accept user selected J, K, N, and T-type thermocouples via on-board mini thermocouple connector, pushing potential measurement range to -454 to +2,372°F. Alarm breaches are transmitted instantly to PC with both visible and audible cures, irrespective of transmit rate chosen. If WiFi network is disrupted, units store data on-board. This story is related to the following:Test and Measuring InstrumentsSearch for suppliers of: Data Loggers & Data Logging Equipment
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Hunting, logging could threaten long-term health Congo forest by wiping out key animals
2013-07-23 02:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Unsustainable hunting of forest elephants, gorillas, forest antelopes, and other seed-dispersers could have long-term impacts on the health and resilience of Congo Basin rainforests, warns a study published today in a special issue of the journal Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society B. Conducting a review of more than 160 papers and reports on trends in wildlife populations, hunting, and land use in the Congo Basin, a team of researchers from Oxford University, the University of Queensland,...
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